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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You could also argue the greater benefit of location which is why Santa Clara and SJSU are on the list, as well as Berkeley, Irvine, UCLA, USC, Stanford and UCSD.

Google has a large Pittsburgh office as well after hiring a bunch of CMU profs to start their self-driving efforts (and growing it substantially from there).[/quote]

Not all schools are located in the bay area.  Out of top 20, only 7 are located on the west coast.  That is for the ranking that adjusts for student enrollment So for most students, the school matters, not the location.[/quote]

Only two schools in the south, Rice and Duke.  [/quote]

Well to a certain degree recruiting is still geographical.  So it makes sense that tech jobs that are centered on the west coast and northeast draw more heavily from colleges in that region. But as with most things DCUM there is an unwarranted focus on household name companies.  Those are not the kinds of companies that are growth companies.  I know from first hand experience graduates at Clemson and Auburn and VT and dozens of other schools get tech and engineering jobs in “other” metro areas and become quite wealthy as those markets grow and attract more investment.  There thousands of middle market firms that will pay just as much as FAANG and can be more strategic about their operations because there’re private and not answering to quarterly expectations of The Street.  I don’t know why any young grad would want to work for a Fortune 1000 company.  They’ll get more hands on experience and greater promotion opportunities outside that. [/quote]

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